Skewer-extractor.



- 4 This invention relates to animproved de-" UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE. JOHN EDGAR BASS, OF WILLESDEN GREEN, ENGLAND.

' SKEWER-EXTRACTOR.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed March 14, 1905. Serial No; 250,072-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EDGAR BAss,'a subject of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at 27 Churchill road, Willesden Green, inthe county of Middlesex, England, have invented a new and usefulImproved skewer-Extractor, of which the following is a specification.

i vice for withdrawing the skewers usually empioyed in joints of meat,in game, poultry, and the like; and it consists in a device of a simpleI character whereby the skewer may be tightl held and itswithdrawalfacilitated. V

In the accompanying. drawings, Figures 1 and 2 illustrate one form ofthe device constructed according to my invention, the views beingrespectively a side and an end elevation.

My improved device consists ofa metalv plate a, in which is pierced ahole I) of such a size as to permit a ready passage for the woodenskewerb, and a handle 0, to which the metal plate is attached. Theplate'a is preferably freely mounted at the one extremity of the handle0 and the latter formed, as illustrated in Fig. 1, with an abutment c.In the event of the end of the skewer being embedded in the meat theabutment serves as a support for the plate to permit of the latter beingpassed about the skewer. The extremity of the handle may also be formedwith a hook 0 if desired, for withdrawing metal skewers, which areusually formed with an eye.

To withdraw a skewer, the plate a is passed about the skewer b and apull exerted upon the handle 0, whereupon the opposite edges withdrawthe skewer will' have the .efiect of.

increasing the grip thereon and a firm hold maintained.

, It will be obvious that themetal plate a may be mounted on a handle ofa form other than that illustrated and that it may be either freely orrigidly attached thereto; but by allowing freedom of movement to themetal plate a more direct pull on the skewer may be obtained.-

' What I claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a skewer-extractor, the combination,

with a handle,.ofa metal plate pierced with a hole adapted to receivethe shank of a skewer, said plate being mounted to move freely on saidhandle.

2. In a skewer-extractor, the combination,

, with a handle, of a metal plate pierced with ahole adapted to receivethe shank of a skewer, said plate being mounted to move freely on saidhandle, and an abutment, rigid with said handle, adapted to contactwith. and support said plate when the same is being passed about theshank of the skewer. r

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. JOHN EDGAR BASS.

Witnesses: I y

W. F. SMITH, G. WATTERSON.

